#Midwinter

Mayukh Ghosh

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This is a thread on a very underrated manA man who wrote on cricket, wrote on British comedy and many other topics.A former president of @ACScricketCo-founder of the University of

ChristMas Rose(ns)

CMRosens

So I am in the first live session of @CreswellCrags webinars - Ghosts of Midwinter with @IcySedgwick who is giving a talk in January with #RomancingtheGothic as well! I have

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

Without getting into the ins and outs of the ‘Is Christmas pagan?’ debate, it’s worth dealing with some faulty assumptions people often make about the ‘Christianisation’ of pre-Christian traditions (buckle

Luke Spray

lukespray

Looking beyond the ferris wheel itself, this idea that our public spaces are too precious for new and novel uses is really quite something. I've got a horse in this

💙Sir Norman of Plague Island 🏴‍☠️💚

Normanjam671

Have a bit of midwinter cheer.Father Christmas punching a Nazi.A Thread. Captain America punching a Nazi. Superman punching a Nazi. And finally, doing her bit for equality, Wonder Woman punching

Folk Horror Magpie

folkhorrormagpi

The Apple Tree Man is the name given to the spirit of the oldest apple tree in an orchard and is found across Old English folklore, particularly in the South

baelem

salemknightley

HERE IS A THREAD FOR YALL ON WHY YULE/CHRISTMAS REALLY ACTUALLY FINDS ITS ORIGINS IN THIS HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOM: the mushroom in the photo is called a fly argaric! The Sámi

Peter Lorimer

pighilltweets

This is sparked by a conversation yesterday, but do you ever stop to reflect on the weird energy 1970s British ceramics and pottery had? I mean some REALLY weird stuff

Kate

thingskatedid

It's the longest month in the longest year.We prepare, cover our furniture in dust sheets and hibernate in warm beds. some of us have warm beds. but we're still creatures

Rob Jacques

KnutCrosswords

if anyone is feeling slightly Christmassy, grab a mince pie and a medium dry Katy Perry and let's have a carol singalong:a thread...1/10 in the deep midwinterFrosty had a moan"Macron

Eleanor Parker

ClerkofOxford

'Eala earendel, engla beorhtast, ofer middangeard monnum sended...''O Earendel, brightest of angels,sent to mankind over middle-earth...'The midwinter solstice, the Anglo-Saxon version of 'O Oriens', and the light of

nick, la boule de neige ❄

nickofthebooks

I'm having a not-so-great day, so to cheer myself up, here's a thread of romance novels as holiday-themed desserts. Feel free to RT if you wish to. in a

Eleanor Parker

ClerkofOxford

The last week of Advent is the season of the O Antiphons. Sung at Vespers, in the early dusk of a midwinter evening, they are ancient songs of longing and

Dr Christine Plastow

chrissieplastow

Today I sit down with a heavy heart to process another round of Emergency Grants for @womeninclassics. Precarious classicists are in great need as a result of this year's events.

Jorah

jorah

My mind is strange. If sifts through stuff w/o my being aware, then delivers results like the following rant. --Rant About Movie & TV Characters Digging Holes--1st: My credentials: I've

David Whitley

mrdavidwhitley

An occasional thread of the best bits in Christmas songs.1. "Stay now" in Stay Another Day. 2. The really loud "OH COME LET US ADORE HI-IM" in O Come All

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